diff --git a/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs b/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs
index 65cab4f3bbb046e20803042619e8abd9ed9ca29e..e11a49f0871609e9b1cf9ed412974c8a8768abc0 100644
--- a/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs	
+++ b/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs	
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace Svg
         private bool _dirty;
         private bool _requiresSmoothRendering;
         private Region _previousClip;
-        private SvgClipRule clipRule = SvgClipRule.NonZero;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the <see cref="GraphicsPath"/> for this element.
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Svg
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// 
+        /// Gets or sets the algorithm which is to be used to determine the clipping region.
         /// </summary>
         [SvgAttribute("clip-rule")]
         public SvgClipRule ClipRule
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Svg
         /// <summary>
         /// Renders the <see cref="SvgElement"/> and contents to the specified <see cref="Graphics"/> object.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="graphics">The <see cref="Graphics"/> object to render to.</param>
+        /// <param name="graphics">The <see cref="SvgRenderer"/> object to render to.</param>
         protected override void Render(SvgRenderer renderer)
         {
             if (this.Path != null && this.Visible)
@@ -90,54 +89,66 @@ namespace Svg
                 this.PushTransforms(renderer);
                 this.SetClip(renderer);
 
-                // If this element needs smoothing enabled turn anti aliasing on
+                // If this element needs smoothing enabled turn anti-aliasing on
                 if (this.RequiresSmoothRendering)
                 {
                     renderer.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
                 }
 
-                // Fill first so that the stroke can overlay
-                if (this.Fill != null)
+                this.RenderFill(renderer);
+                this.RenderStroke(renderer);
+
+                // Reset the smoothing mode
+                if (this.RequiresSmoothRendering && renderer.SmoothingMode == SmoothingMode.AntiAlias)
                 {
-                    using (Brush brush = this.Fill.GetBrush(this, this.FillOpacity))
+                    renderer.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.Default;
+                }
+
+                this.ResetClip(renderer);
+                this.PopTransforms(renderer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Renders the fill of the <see cref="SvgVisualElement"/> to the specified <see cref="SvgRenderer"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="renderer">The <see cref="SvgRenderer"/> object to render to.</param>
+        protected internal virtual void RenderFill(SvgRenderer renderer)
+        {
+            if (this.Fill != null)
+            {
+                using (Brush brush = this.Fill.GetBrush(this, this.FillOpacity))
+                {
+                    if (brush != null)
                     {
-                        if (brush != null)
-                        {
-                            renderer.FillPath(brush, this.Path);
-                        }
+                        renderer.FillPath(brush, this.Path);
                     }
                 }
+            }
+        }
 
-                // Stroke is the last thing to do
-                if (this.Stroke != null)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Renders the stroke of the <see cref="SvgVisualElement"/> to the specified <see cref="SvgRenderer"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="renderer">The <see cref="SvgRenderer"/> object to render to.</param>
+        protected internal virtual void RenderStroke(SvgRenderer renderer)
+        {
+            if (this.Stroke != null)
+            {
+                float strokeWidth = this.StrokeWidth.ToDeviceValue(this);
+                using (Pen pen = new Pen(this.Stroke.GetBrush(this, this.StrokeOpacity), strokeWidth))
                 {
-                    float strokeWidth = this.StrokeWidth.ToDeviceValue(this);
-                    using (Pen pen = new Pen(this.Stroke.GetBrush(this, this.StrokeOpacity), strokeWidth))
+                    if (pen != null)
                     {
-                        if (pen != null)
+                        if (this.StrokeDashArray != null)
                         {
-                            if (this.StrokeDashArray != null)
-                            {
-                                pen.DashPattern = this.StrokeDashArray.ConvertAll<float>(delegate(SvgUnit unit)
-                                {
-                                    // divide by stroke width - GDI behaviour that I don't quite understand yet.
-                                    return unit.Value / ((strokeWidth <= 0) ? 1 : strokeWidth);
-                                }).ToArray();
-                            }
-
-                            renderer.DrawPath(pen, this.Path);
+                            /* divide by stroke width - GDI behaviour that I don't quite understand yet.*/
+                            pen.DashPattern = this.StrokeDashArray.ConvertAll(u => u.Value / ((strokeWidth <= 0) ? 1 : strokeWidth)).ToArray();
                         }
-                    }
-                }
 
-                // Reset the smoothing mode
-                if (this.RequiresSmoothRendering && renderer.SmoothingMode == SmoothingMode.AntiAlias)
-                {
-                    renderer.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.Default;
+                        renderer.DrawPath(pen, this.Path);
+                    }
                 }
-
-                this.ResetClip(renderer);
-                this.PopTransforms(renderer);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElementStyle.cs b/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElementStyle.cs
index ea5d906f8c05c9c7ca1a613611a1d70bd3aa02ed..ff0067355d89599a530f703c7ef356ccfda95124 100644
--- a/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElementStyle.cs	
+++ b/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElementStyle.cs	
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ namespace Svg
             set { this.Attributes["FillOpacity"] = FixOpacityValue(value); }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the width of the stroke (if the <see cref="Stroke"/> property has a valid value specified.
+        /// </summary>
         [SvgAttribute("stroke-width")]
         public virtual SvgUnit StrokeWidth
         {
@@ -104,6 +107,9 @@ namespace Svg
             set { this.Attributes["StrokeDashOffset"] = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the opacity of the stroke, if the <see cref="Stroke"/> property has been specified. 1.0 is fully opaque; 0.0 is transparent.
+        /// </summary>
         [SvgAttribute("stroke-opacity")]
         public virtual float StrokeOpacity
         {
diff --git a/DataTypes/SvgUnit.cs b/DataTypes/SvgUnit.cs
index 09ced84e3ff7aacaff47db34e760c05bdf47bbb0..589ca0c8dff166c739ebaadf7f7ce89a90fa516d 100644
--- a/DataTypes/SvgUnit.cs
+++ b/DataTypes/SvgUnit.cs
@@ -148,10 +148,7 @@ namespace Svg
                     return new SvgUnit(SvgUnitType.Percentage, this.Value * 100);
                 default:
                     throw new NotImplementedException();
-                    break;
             }
-
-            return this;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Paths/SvgPathBuilder.cs b/Paths/SvgPathBuilder.cs
index 387d125ad6527fa1c0ac2e794824d81cdafacab6..1a0b46bd68da231a2e7d6030d1edf7fd0a782ff6 100644
--- a/Paths/SvgPathBuilder.cs
+++ b/Paths/SvgPathBuilder.cs
@@ -189,10 +189,14 @@ namespace Svg
                 var lastSegment = segments.Last;
 
                 if (isRelativeX)
+                {
                     point.X += lastSegment.End.X;
+                }
 
                 if (isRelativeY)
+                {
                     point.Y += lastSegment.End.Y;
+                }
             }
 
             return point;
@@ -235,7 +239,7 @@ namespace Svg
         private static IEnumerable<float> ParseCoordinates(string coords)
         {
             // TODO: Handle "1-1" (new PointF(1, -1);
-            var parts = coords.Remove(0, 1).Replace("-", " -").Split(new[] { ',', ' ' },
+            var parts = coords.Remove(0, 1).Replace("-", " -").Split(new[] { ',', ' ', '\r', '\n' },
                 StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
 
             for (var i = 0; i < parts.Length; i++)
diff --git a/SvgDocument.cs b/SvgDocument.cs
index e350752d4c70099939ee7f90a2f282332862572f..bf5178d7180af71f1e4634e12a7360da574e3dc7 100644
--- a/SvgDocument.cs
+++ b/SvgDocument.cs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ namespace Svg
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("document");
             }
 
-            Stream stream = new MemoryStream(ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(document.InnerXml));
+            Stream stream = new MemoryStream(UTF8Encoding.Default.GetBytes(document.InnerXml));
             return Open(stream, null);
         }
 
diff --git a/SvgElementFactory.cs b/SvgElementFactory.cs
index d83d080676c254986b4c0523ce2696253b0d965b..99cdc8bdf11b181784d98489ba54453f2a564db1 100644
--- a/SvgElementFactory.cs
+++ b/SvgElementFactory.cs
@@ -101,11 +101,10 @@ namespace Svg
             }
             else
             {
-                var validTypes = AvailableElements.Where(e => e.ElementName == elementName);
-
-                if (validTypes.Count() > 0)
+                ElementInfo validType = AvailableElements.SingleOrDefault(e => e.ElementName == elementName);
+                if (validType != null)
                 {
-                    createdElement = Activator.CreateInstance(validTypes.First().ElementType) as SvgElement;
+                    createdElement = (SvgElement)Activator.CreateInstance(validType.ElementType);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -158,11 +157,10 @@ namespace Svg
         private static void SetPropertyValue(SvgElement element, string attributeName, string attributeValue, SvgDocument document)
         {
             var properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(element.GetType(), new SvgAttributeAttribute[] { new SvgAttributeAttribute(attributeName) });
-            PropertyDescriptor descriptor = null;
 
             if (properties.Count > 0)
             {
-                descriptor = properties[0];
+                PropertyDescriptor descriptor = properties[0];
 
                 try
                 {
@@ -178,7 +176,8 @@ namespace Svg
         /// <summary>
         /// Contains information about a type inheriting from <see cref="SvgElement"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        private struct ElementInfo
+        [DebuggerDisplay("{ElementName}, {ElementType}")]
+        internal sealed class ElementInfo
         {
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets the SVG name of the <see cref="SvgElement"/>.
@@ -195,11 +194,17 @@ namespace Svg
             /// <param name="elementName">Name of the element.</param>
             /// <param name="elementType">Type of the element.</param>
             public ElementInfo(string elementName, Type elementType)
-                : this()
             {
                 this.ElementName = elementName;
                 this.ElementType = elementType;
             }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ElementInfo"/> class.
+            /// </summary>
+            public ElementInfo()
+            {
+            }
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Text/SvgText.cs b/Text/SvgText.cs
index d099a8dcef4fac8cb6717d1e2b59c26641c7dded..24090e8883ca372014f2d6dcde0017e2ce10553f 100644
--- a/Text/SvgText.cs
+++ b/Text/SvgText.cs
@@ -186,15 +186,6 @@ namespace Svg
             get { return this.Path.GetBounds(); }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Renders the <see cref="SvgElement"/> and contents to the specified <see cref="Graphics"/> object.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="graphics">The <see cref="Graphics"/> object to render to.</param>
-        protected override void Render(SvgRenderer renderer)
-        {
-            base.Render(renderer);
-        }
-
         static private int MeasureString(SvgRenderer renderer, string text, Font font)
         {
             GraphicsPath p = new GraphicsPath();
diff --git a/Text/SvgTextSpan.cs b/Text/SvgTextSpan.cs
index cd00df9ac9ffe91ad55391741d6de5cd73216742..f7c6b01df660eea6844a8f8037a651bfb8a872e8 100644
--- a/Text/SvgTextSpan.cs
+++ b/Text/SvgTextSpan.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace Svg
 {
+    [SvgElement("tspan")]
     public class SvgTextSpan : SvgText
     {
         /// <summary>